Dr. K.Ramachandra Murthy - Ophthalmologist of great repute, and whose PRABHA EYE CLINIC WAS synonymous with good eye treatment, passed away in Bangalore on the morning of 28-5-08. He had undergone angioplasty recently.
For those of us who knew him from his college days, he was a role model. An outstanding student, he went to the U.K. for higher studies and training in Ophthalmology. He returned to Bangalore and was instrumental in taking his father's Eye Clinic to dizzying heights as a centre of excellence in ophthalmology practice. He worked ceaselessly to transform Prabha Eye Clinic into Prabha Eye Clinic and Research Centre, in later years with the help of his children, who were also ophthalmologists. Despite his really very busy schedule, he always had time for his professional colleagues, his friends and his erstwhile college mates. I still remember the time I went to him asking for help to raise money to build the digital library at BMC at the time of our Golden Jubilee. His busy schedule did not permit him to spend as much time as needed in the initial days, but when gently reminded, he promised to do the needful,, set a target for himself and was as good as his word.
As a trustee of the BMC Development Trust, he was always then elder statesman, nay an elder brother on whom we could always lean on for advice and support. Whenever we suggested something, there was only one thing he looked at--whether it would enhance the prestige of the trust, and of the college.
He was successful in anything he did--whether in his surgery or in his farm, where he grew coconuts among other things.
I can go on and on, But the most important thing is that his leaving us really leaves a big void. I realize that whatever we say will not fill the void his family will feel, and this is really a moment for silence, to silently pray and to silently replay all the wonderful moments that we spent with him. Our thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved family and this is one of the instances where Death The Great Leveller, need not be proud.
Dr. K.M.Srinivasa Gowda--
Dr.S.R.Gurumurthy,
Secretary,
BMCAADr.K.Lakshman,
Secretary,
BMCDTBMC Alumni Association,
BMC Alumni Building, BMC campus,Fort Road, Bangalore - 560 002Phone
No: 080-26703202 / 65984908
